Conference Session

Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Voice, Michigan State University; Volodymyr Tarabara, Michigan State University; Mark Wiesner, Duke University; Merlin Bruening, Michigan State University

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International

systems. In addition to these two primary thrusts, complimentaryresearch is also conducted when appropriate and productive. Typically, these involveopportunities to advance membrane applications for important classes of practical problems, andto understand related environmental implications of membranes.The heart of the PERMEANT project involves individual student projects designed withcollaborative links between projects and with foreign institutions. Students conduct much oftheir research as they would with any other laboratory-based project. A key difference is thattheir projects are designed around teams involving US and international co-advisors, studentsfrom both countries, and a study design based some activities being carried out in the

Conference Session

Preparing and Retaining Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Margaret Nowicki, United States Military Academy; Elizabeth Bristow, United States Military Academy

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

accomplished duringthe summer. This, however, is sufficient time to allow the students to be exposed to, work on,and sometimes solve an engineering problem. The Army Material Command (AMC) and UnitedStates Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) sponsor most of the AIADs, but there are sponsorsfrom private engineering organizations, NASA, the national labs, and other Department ofDefense activities. This paper describes the AIAD program and discusses how it attracts andretains engineering majors. Additionally, feedback from the project sponsors can be used tomeasure student progress and assess the curriculum.Introduction “My sponsor and others at the Laboratory took time to talk with me not just about math and science but also the politics and

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaolin Chen, Washington State University, Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Manufacturing

generatecomplex 3-D objects directly from computer-based models devised by CAD. In Mech476, aseries of RP projects are integrated. Students designed complex geometries and build their partsusing the RP systems. The students also conducted manufacturing experiments to analyze theprocesses and products quality in MECH 310. Through new manufacturing laboratories in thecourse, the students could run various modern manufacturing tools such as CNC machines,machining force monitoring systems, and product quality measurement systems. See Figure 2 forsome sample student work using the modern technologies. (a) CAD design (b) CAE analysis (c) Rapid prototypeFigure 2. Student work examples in the Design/Manufacturing sequence.Lean

Conference Session

New Research on Retention of URM Groups in STEM

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University; Juan Lira, Texas A&M International University; Conchita Hickey, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

it. Homework and laboratory projects will be used to help students understand concepts and build problem solving skills. 4. Professional Development Plan: The professional development plan includes offering professional development workshops for faculty in the STEM fields at TAMIU. Our goal is to increase the proportion of students who complete introductory mathematics, engineering, biology and chemistry courses with a grade no lower than a C and return the following year to continue their program of study. 5. Model Transfer Agreement and Student Advising: To increase the number of students in STEM disciplines, a TAMIU STEM Academic Advisor(STEM AA) will identify likely candidates through

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Hinton, Utah State University

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New Engineering Educators

successful university-based researchprogram, the faculty member needs to look at their role as more of a research entrepreneur rathertha n the focused researcher that would be found in an industrial research laboratory. A successfulresearch enterprise will require the faculty member to; 1) create the vision and direction of theresearch enterprise, 2) manage a large group of stude nts and professional staff, 3) bring infunding to support the enterprise, 4) produce academic products and services, and 5) market theacademic products to both industry and their professional community. All of these activities arevery similar to a young entrepreneur trying to start a new business, only in this case, the productsare new ideas to be sold in the academic

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Richards, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Hisham Alnajjar, Computer and Electrical

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Liberal Education

oralpresentation practice in class (a component students consistently clamored for).Progress as of September 2008As of September 2008, two workbooks (English 110 and 111 courses) have been completed. Thefirst semester workbook contains 9 reading passages, each with 2 or 3 versions (original andbasic; or original, basic, and intermediate), as well as keyed grammar references and a writingprompt. The second semester workbook contains 8 reading passages. Original passages at theintermediate level are used as is, with adaptation for passages that begin at grade 9 level orabove. In addition, this workbook contains instructions for writing basic laboratory reports,developed to coincide with the laboratory reports required in science and engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Butler-Purry, Texas A&M University; Vinod Srinivasan, Texas A&M University; susan pedersen, Texas A&M University

games have become an essential part of children’s culture. Theemergence of the “Gamer Generation” presents interesting challenges to educators. Traditionalteaching methods and tools have clearly not had the same success as they had in the past. It hasbecome apparent that our instructional methods and tools need to take into account the changingprofile of students entering our schools and colleges. This paper reports on a National ScienceFoundation (NSF) Combined Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) project at TexasA&M University (TAMU) which entailed the development of a prototype implementation of avideo game to demonstrate its potential and identify needs for revisions and future designprescription. The video game will be

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet; Vijay Mahajan, Influx Software Solutions

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Instrumentation

Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer, industrial process control, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication of printed circuit board, programmable logic controllers, programmable logic devices and renewable energy related projects.Vijay Mahajan, Influx Software Solutions

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

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Engineering Technology

the desire of faculty to adopt new best practices. However, it has beenobserved that too often students lack the necessary creativity, initiative and ability to developrobust solutions. Some have addressed this issue by developing innovative laboratory structures Page 14.1051.2throughout the curriculum that better prepare seniors for the challenge1. Others have sought toconnect students with local industry either prior to or during the capstone project2-8.The quest for improvement has lead to two fundamentally different approaches: industry-sponsored and internally-sourced projects. Within our programs, both are being employed. Inaddition, the

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

14.481.54 through 15 in Figure 1) for each course objective. In a nutshell, a course evaluation iscomposed of various metrics measured by the two different class participants, theinstructor and the students. Student input is explained in Section 4. All assessmentmetrics done by the instructor use traditional student work, such as homeworks,laboratories, quizzes, laboratories, projects, and exams (from now on denoted as“assignments”). This section, however, details a modified way to use assignment gradesto better measure each course objective. As the grade of an assignment may not entirelyreflect the various course learning objectives addressed in the assignment, all workrequired from the student is directly matched to a course learning objective

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Yongha Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Manufacturing

technique, which is the silicone molding process. The lean manufacturingprincipals (VSM, 8 wastes, etc) were covered in the classroom and the students usedthem during the hands-on manufacturing laboratory project. The students identifiedwaiting, transportation, and underutilized people as most common wastes during theproduction. After implementing lean manufacturing tools into their existing productionrun, the student teams achieved 127% increase in production output and 30% decrease inmanufacturing cost per a product. Most teams implemented single-piece flow to theproduction layout and assigned the work based on the takt time. In terms of lessonslearned, the lean principals should be instructed thoroughly to the students before the

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tim Brower, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

used withstudents as young as 5 years old to emphasize the kind of interactive and interdependentgroup learning that fosters growth in social skills, giving children the opportunity to thinkand act critically in society.Although aspects of systems engineering are utilized in various stages throughout K-20academia, the suggestions and results reported herein are novel in that they may be easilyapplied in any given classroom/laboratory setting and are tied to an innovative learningstrategy called Activities, Project, and Problem-Based Learning (APP-B Learning).An Industry PerspectiveCommenting on the relationship systems engineering has in industry, Albert A. Winn, theVice President of Government and Apache Rotorcraft Programs and former

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amendra Koul, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Keith Hoover, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Vysakh Sivarajan, Missouri University of Science and Technology; JianJian Song, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Drewniak, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-351: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A CHARACTERISTICIMPEDANCE CALCULATORAmendra Koul, Missouri University of Science and Technology Amendra Koul received his B.Tech in electronics and communication from Vellore Institute of Technology in Vellore, India in 2006 and is currently pursuing his M.S. in electrical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. He won the second place in the IEEE India Council best student paper contest 2004. From Jan’06 to June’06 he was selected on a scholarship to pursue his undergraduate project in electromagnetic compatibility laboratory in ESIGELEC France. From July 2006 to July 2007, he was working with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. in

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Chen; Carlos Pomalaza-Ráez; Ma Oo

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Electrical and Computer

example,according to an electromagnetic signal attenuation test performed at the U.S. National Institute ofStandards and Technology (NIST)’s Gaithersburg laboratories, the signal attenuation for ½ inchdrywall and plywood is below 1dB around 2GHz frequency band.10 However, if a house is builtusing steel frames or with a concrete structure (e.g., high-rise apartment buildings and hurricane-resistant houses), the 802.15.4 transmission performance is expected to experience greaterdegradation by the house structure than from the nearby wireless signal interference, especiallywhen the 802.15.4 signal needs to be transmitted over a long range and pass through walls. Thisis because steel frames partly reflect radio signals and create multipath

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Muhammad M. Baig; Rafiqul Islam

careers as well as the plans and suggestions to overcome those problems. The course outline along with laboratory experiments will also be discussed.Keywords: Problems and Solutions for PIC MicrocontrollerIntroduction At Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, we inducted a one-semester course on microcontrollers, obviously, for a multiple of reasons, for our undergraduatestudents doing majors in ‘Electronic Engineering Technology (EET)’. At the very start of thisventure, we found out that we were on a head-on-collision course to a number of challenging andmulti-faced problems. This was quite disappointing. But we pursued on to develop a reasonablygood course and our consistent efforts in doing-so ultimately

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

, students learn importantconcepts including the system bus, three-state logic, and active-low signals. Inaddition, the laboratory work is complemented by lectures and readingassignments on such topics as pipelining, superscalar processing, cache, andadvanced architectures such as Core Duo.Introduction Historically, early courses in microprocessors were based on simple training kits usingprocessors such as the 6800 or 8085 connected to system components such as memory, clock,etc.1 In these courses, the internal architecture as well as the remaining system components andinterconnects (memory, clocks, buses, etc.) were described conceptually and the emphasis, interms of the hardware usage, was on learning and using the instruction set and

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

, students learn importantconcepts including the system bus, three-state logic, and active-low signals. Inaddition, the laboratory work is complemented by lectures and readingassignments on such topics as pipelining, superscalar processing, cache, andadvanced architectures such as Core Duo.Introduction Historically, early courses in microprocessors were based on simple training kits usingprocessors such as the 6800 or 8085 connected to system components such as memory, clock,etc.1 In these courses, the internal architecture as well as the remaining system components andinterconnects (memory, clocks, buses, etc.) were described conceptually and the emphasis, interms of the hardware usage, was on learning and using the instruction set and

Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

http://www.asq.org/ASTC Association of Science Technology Centers http://www.astc.orgAVMA American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/AWAA American Water Works Association http://www.awwa.org/Biophysical Society http://www.biophysics.org/BFRL Building and Fire Research Laboratory http://www.bfrl.nist.orgESA Ecological Society of America http://www.esa.org/FASEB Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology http://www.faseb.org/FMB Federation of Master Builders http://www.fmb.org.ukFMS Federation of Materials

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Timothy VanEpps, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

than once in a cohort’s four year program. The difference between thedifferent modules that carry the same name lies in the specific activities that comprise them.1. “Community Modules”: Our university unique location allows interaction with a cultural-, racial-and age-diverse community for enriching the learning and teaching environment. This module makes useof this diversity and consists of several elements. One of these elements is reaching out to the K-12community where some of the students in the program will help in teaching technology at local schools.Students from each cohort will be engaged in hands-on laboratory experiments. For example, they mightdesign, build and test miniature bridges using dedicated computer programs; use fiber

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing: STEM Outreach

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Winston Erevelles, Robert Morris University; Jennifer Parsons, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

unexpectedlyhigh note when the complex staff took all the students and chaperones on a ride around the trackin the race cars.The Forensics Camp introduced students to this exciting field. Chemistry, biology, andmathematics professors taught students in the school’s state-of-the-art laboratories. The studentswere exposed to many areas that real crime scene investigators use in their line of work: TraceAnalysis (hair & fingerprints/tools & markings) Blood Spatter & Typing, Digital, DNA andMathematical Forensics, and Forgery Detection. At the end of the week, the students put theirnewfound knowledge to use by playing the role of a crime scene investigator to examineevidence and analyze data to solve a murder.The Legos NXT/Robotics camp featured a

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Mark Barker, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

this new curriculum in 1997.10 The program was successful inincreasing retention and graduation rates in our engineering disciplines. Recently, we updated theIEC in order to address several factors described by the National Academy of Engineering’sreport: The Engineer of 2020.11 The newly implemented curriculum relies on a concept entitledLiving With the Lab (LWTL).The Living with the Lab ConceptIn the traditional laboratory and shop settings, faculty members or technical staff mustensure that the required equipment is ready and that supplies are on hand so that project activitiescan be performed and/or data can be collected. While it’s possible for energetic faculty membersto guide students through creative design projects and laboratory

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

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Educational Research and Methods

innovations in instruction work because they allow the presentationof material in new ways that students find more accessible to their native learning styles[9-12].Examples of this include the successful integration of laboratory exercises or simulations incourse like chemistry, physics, and engineering[13] to allow students who are more "hands-on"or are sensing students to practice the concepts in the ways they learn best. One quantitativestudy showed that students raised exam scores by an average of 16 percent on a straight scalewhen they were exposed to a simulator of signal processing equipment in electricalengineering[13]. Other examples include using instructional videos or demonstrations onstreaming media that allow visual learners to benefit

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adrianne Prysock, Georgia Institute of Technology; Leyla Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing from 1997-2001 and was a National Science Foundation "National Young Investigator" (1993-98). He was a National Science Foundation and an AT&T Bell Laboratories graduate fellow, and has worked as a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). Page 14.464.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development and Implementation

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Investigating Alternative-energy Concepts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, Architecture, and Sciences, anda unique college that includes Economics, Public Policy, International Affairs, ModernLanguages and History of Science and Technology.IntroductionThe objective of this paper is to describe the development and initial experiences with a course-laboratory package suitable for students from all schools on a university campus on an issue ofglobal importance. The intellectual challenge is in tackling the core learning issues for such acourse across disciplines, and tailoring the contents to diverse interests and talents, integratinghands-on building and testing with high-level concept development. The course has to attractstudents all over campus, while ensuring excellent value to all.Some believe that the Hubbert Peak Oil1

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Steven Welch, Oklahoma State University

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Design in Engineering Education

outcome.The final evaluation of the effectiveness of changes on the capstone design course is rubric basedevaluation of reflective statements written by students at the end of the course. The rubric scoresstudents on the relevance of what they write to engineering practice, writing ability, analysis ofthe experience, interconnection with other classes, validity or lack of self-criticism, andawareness of ethics. Qualitative analysis of these statements indicated that: 1) the class isvalued by students compared to other, more theory-based classes in the program; 2) students sawother project-based and laboratory classes as providing better preparation for an engineeringcareer than theory-based classes; 3) students valued the certification training and

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Krantz, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Chemical Engineering

totallyunprepared to cope with the realities of teaching in a developing country. At the time it seemedthat ITU had somewhat of a kismet philosophy for academic planning. The start of the academicyear was delayed by more than two months for reasons that were never made clear. Once thesemester began, the author could not get any clear indication of when it would end and finalexaminations would be scheduled! One of the assignments given to the author was to design theunit operations laboratory for the newly constructed chemical engineering building. Little did heknow that this included specifying the electrical power requirements for the entire building!Indeed, the building had been built without any electrical power of any kind! Undaunted butconsiderably

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Prins, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

particular attention paid tosustainable design and systems analysis. Our philosophy of sustainable design incorporatestechnical, financial, environmental, and societal criteria1. The backbone of our curriculumconsists of a 10 credit sequence of design courses that extend through the entire sophomore, Page 14.130.2junior, and senior years. These courses are laboratory courses and contain significant projectwork as well as design instruction. Our approach to teaching design includes instruction incritical thinking practices such as the development of “intentional and directed intellectualprocesses and habits that foster effective thinking”2. This

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2009-83: PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANDINTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONBradley Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Bradley A. Striebig is an associate professor of Engineering at James Madison University. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Penn State University, where he was the head of the Environmental Technology Group at the Applied research Laboratory. Prior to accepting a position to develop the engineering program at James Madison University, Brad was a faculty member in the Civil Engineering department at Gonzaga University. He has worked on various water projects throughout the US and in Benin and Rwanda.Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University Susan Norwood

Conference Session

Educational Research

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-315: REASONING ABOUT CATEGORICAL DATA: MULTIWAY PLOTSAS USEFUL RESEARCH TOOLSRichard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard A. Layton is the Associate Director of the Center for the Practice and Scholarship of Education and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His areas of scholarship include student team management, assessment, education, and remediation, laboratory reform focused on student learning, visualization of quantitative data, and engineering system dynamics. He is a guitarist and songwriter in the alternative rock band “Whisper Down”.Susan Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Waleed K. Al-Assadi; Scott Smith

of topic lectures, leaving around 2 weeks for discussion of laboratory assignments and their solutions, holidays, and occasional quizzes. Note that the final exam is scheduled the week after the 16-week semester concludes, and is utilized for each group to present their semester project design. The class requires a substantial amount of laboratory work; however, after successful completion of the course, students are well versed in VLSI design using the Mentor Graphics CAD tools. 1) Introduction to VLSI Systems Lab#1: VHDL coding, synthesis, and simulation 2) CMOS Transistor Theory 3) Fabrication, Layout, and Design Rules Lab#2: gate-level and transistor-level schematics and simulation 4) Analysis of Static Inverter Lab#3: layout of static